MK Nepal confident of new statute being drafted within 15 months (Herdai jaam aaba aarko aayera katti ma sambidhan lekchau bhanera bhandachan)

CPN (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, who heads the constitutional committee, has claimed the new constitution would be drafted within 15 months.

Madhav Kumar Nepal. (File Photo)

Speaking at a face-to-face programme organised by Press Chautari Nepal in Dang Friday, Nepal said he was confident that the new statute would be ready on time and that he wanted everybody to be sure of it.

The CC head's reaction comes amid fears that growing differences between the parties and frequent disruptions of parliamentary affairs could delay the statute-drafting process.

Nepal, who lost the Constituent Assembly election from both of his constituencies in Kathmandu and Rautahat districts, was proposed by the Maoists to head the constitutional committee, which is the main CA panel.

As per the calendar publicised by the CA, the new constitution would be promulgated by May 28, 2010